Stories from Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Dora Jean McKinley, 74, Richards, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, at Nevada Nursing and Rehab in Nevada. Dora was born June 12, 1944, in Horton, Mo., to Wesley Raymond and Jessie Irene (Detienne) Luther. Dora, a lifelong resident of the Horton area, was a graduate of Metz High School. ...

Dorothy Ellen Hardie, 95, El Dorado Springs, Mo., died on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in El Dorado Springs. Dorothy was born Oct. 12, 1923, in Harwood, Mo., to James Jackson and Eula B. Porter. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, at Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, in Schell City, Mo., with Pastor Terry Mosher officiating. Interment will follow in Green Lawn Cemetery in Schell City. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, in Schell City...

Tuesday noon saw three dozen people gather at the Vernon County Fairgrounds for the ceremonial groundbreaking as construction begins on a new building which is tentatively being called Centennial Hall and Pavilion. Located 50-feet west of the present swine barn – between the pulling track and Katy Allen Lake – the two portions of the structure are shaped like a T...

A regular session of the City Council of Nevada was held in the council’s chambers Tuesday, Oct. 16. Mayor Brian Leonard called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Council members Carol Clyde-Gallagher, Blake Hertzberg, Ryan Watts, Lyndon Eberhard, and Brian Leonard were all in attendance. City Manager JD Kehrman was absent with Chief Information Officer Mark Mitchell filling in...

The Nevada Lady Tigers reached the 25-win plateau for the first time since 2013 — knocking off the McDonald County Lady Mustangs in a two-set Big 8 Conference road match on Tuesday. Nevada (25-6, 6-0 Big 8) took the first set 25-15, and won the second set, 25-19. The Big 8 West division victory moved Nevada to a 6-0 conference mark, and locked up a spot in the Big 8 Championship match, Thursday evening at Logan-Rogersville H.S....

After a two and a half week layoff, the Cottey Comet volleyball team returned to the court Tuesday night, showing little signs of rust as head coach Marla Kannady-Foreman’s squad hammered visiting Kansas Christian College in an ultra-quick three-set match...

Walker’s Board of Aldermen met in regular session on Tuesday evening and made quick work of a short agenda. Aldermen Mike Newman, Cindy Walters and Nicole Walters were present, as were Mayor Phil Martin, Treasurer Kathy Newman and water maintenance worker Bill Jeffries...